Genus: Phrynichus Karsch, 1879 | Family: Phrynichidae Simon, 1892 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Phrynichus deflersi arabicus Weygoldt, 2003

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Original combination: Phrynichus deflersi arabicus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:694b65ad-ce41-4604-8302-7a35a6c609fb

Taxonomic references

Phrynichus deflersi arabicus Weygoldt:

Weygoldt, 2003a: 195–197, figs. 1–20 original description
Seiter & Hörweg, 2013: 53

Distribution
Distribution table
Saudi Arabia
Type locality: about 10 km SW of Al Baha, near Dhi Ayn (as abandoned village Zi Ayn), Al Makhwah, Saudi Arabia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 about 10 km SW of Al Baha 19.929667 41.441167
Type repository
  • Holotype Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland Male
  • Paratype Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 4 specimens
  • Paratype Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany 5 specimens
  • Paratype National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Saudi Arabia 10 specimens
References

Seiter, M. & Hörweg, C. (2013). The whip spider collection (Arachnida, Amblypygi) held in the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 47–53. doi: 10.5431/aramit4606 -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2003a). Reproductive biology of two species of Phrynichus, P. exophthalmus Whittick, 1940 and Phrynichus delfersi arabicus nov. ssp. (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 242: 193–208. doi: https://doi.org/10.1078/0044-5231-00097 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-17 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2003
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value